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while on her voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to these 

 islands. The vessel was ia latitude 41-10 N, and longi- 

 tude 63-40 W,. at the time, and the wind blowiag very 

 fresh from the south-west. The owl was alive when landed, 

 but so weak, as barely to be able to stand, and it died the 

 following day. ' 



Length, 8| inches ; wing, from carpal joint, 6| inches ; 

 third and fourth quills, longest. Compared it with Audubon 

 and Yarrell, and have no hesitation in pronouncing it to 

 be a genuine specimen of Tengmalm's Owl. Though not 

 actually a visitant to these islands, it was, doubtless, on its 

 southern flight, when fallen in with by the " Kobert," and, 

 but for that occurrence, mAght have been entitled to a place 

 in our list of Bermudian Birds. 



Black -BILLED Whistling Duck {Dend/rocygna, arborea). 

 This bird is sometimes introduced into the Bermudas from 

 Turk's Islands, where it is found in a state of nature, and 

 reared from the nest as a semi-domestic bird. 



Although a native of the Bahamas, no wild specimen of 

 this duck has been met with in the Bermudas. 



